The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-27

with tid-bits. The Governor OF Herat had sent
me q present OF ralsins and sweetmeats, and
sa1 fsiePn TGSh1ffefb s ses s,em %yse II a q fe sSS Ssl- SSns
and played ps on terms OF tho greatest init;
macy; They !. T. became . am. So tame in the course Go Of
Of my, Afghan guards would call "bni-bul,
then fiutter Town almost within reach OF our
hands. During the day. my bungalow would be
a y Iast S %,sn swans o oil roppsr ants I'm tna rd maas
and sweetmeats, Juggling them of TO their
haunts among the weeds and graneyines A
on the, pomegranate bushes just outside tho
bungalow, and watching for the appearance Of
tbh ni, se snas d an anF ISSUE swsE fro 5ai' tPs b mhS SolS
with q %raisin., would hop fearlessly to, the
ground, at my feet. seize the raisin, and shake
the captured raisn, and Immediately perk his
head In search OF another prize.
But what has all this to do with sparrowsp
Simply this: that. 1t kept an Afghan youth
pamed osman fairly busy PROTECTING our bull;
sparrows, which seemed to DO fairly beleaguer-
Ing them with the object Of ousting them from
probability, the rich plumber from tho ,robber
ants, for themselves. The koen-eyed spar
row from the walls and the roofs OF adl4in.
booty. and the bul-buls plying their brigand-
age. and nothing but Osman's interference and
watchiulness prevented them chasing tho bull
AT Teheran, Tho capital of persia, I rode the
Sisyi ps, iSs t n b Sb : IN r t6S sf rs sstS Of hi fer e shIs,
his Majesty took mo through, his private me-
nagerie, IN which are several Syera lions and tigers.
T poki aaH his sS Umbrella Db SYan through '5Slih t tic bars AZ ' 70 excite cite e
ine W sni roaesc dn the % cage in in Which f1 we're sn a li Er0M,;
and smds tive ih cubs bsry what hat should ! sparrd | see h hor w oSt be- q
cNlifnrt , 1voy,lnrnr ~ hia blvd nithnr. fharn
were Just as many Of them hopping about the
Shah.s megnagerie at Teheran rs there are
Hyde Park, London. / have no doubt they
PRINCES ;ss ar and Ralah,s m ne R4't,sS in min India In snor.
favor and appreciation. The reason, Of this is
minds the British soldier OF his PARKWAY home
and OF his boyhood days, when. perchuncc, he
hunted n 4 about t%s III the rat alters, Of the barns a, "a and the
village for sparrows' eggs to obtain from the
farmer a bounty of 2 penny a dozen, The spsar.
barracks. aro the counterparts in every par
ticular Of the sparrows OF his b9yhood: He
than G19'f he would naid an Hnf English M iRfm robin 81 .no'a an' moro
The vigor and liveliness OF the sparrow seem
to rise superior to all conditions Of climate.
beneath tn, blasting heat Of the Indian sun as
he is in Now York. While crows and other birds
S Seaf seen RI PaSs'e essn on as III sbo S9sn' hssd wa ab} f5s to-
breathe the sitting atmosphere. the sparrows
appear to be as skinlul Of deviltry as ever.
and foraging in the liveliest manner.
saw them equally at home IN the ruins of
about Delhi and amid the thatch.roofed ham.
the entrance e the Taj, Mahal at Agra: settle
Shah Jehan's and Princess Arjumand's ceno-
taph, chirp saucily, MS though, asserting his
right to thus desecrate the %loveliest edifice on
earth, and then fly out again. Iobserved them
also making free, with the lovely white marble
creations, of Akbar tho Magnificent in, that
splendid MogupS palace-fortreSS on the banks
Of the Jumna.
I encountered them, too, at Benares, tho
their idol worship. In the temple where the
hideous silva sits in grim and CORY state l en-
tered of ed With 4 B I ara t guide ie - Amid ifint d the Sa fer,
oven more than the roll OF England's drums. is
heard around the world, and looking up l saw
every street corner and occupy hundreds Of
conspicuous places in Benares: but l doubt IL
there Is an idol in BenareS which has not, time
and again, been perched upon by sparrows..
and Japan. The poorer class of Chinese en-
their broodinEs about their gablcd houses.
John Chinaman is nothing il not, intensely
practical in matters pertaining TO his physical
requirements. In encouraging the homcly lit:
tie chirners to choose the caves and ~rafters Of
his particular house for II dwelling place. he is
desires to secure the young hirdst to eat. Young
sparrows are u delicacy., second only to Canton
rice birds. in China. and tho Celestial epicure
regards with sinister satisfaction the loye
spring. the mated birds building their homes,
and the daily progress of their family affairs.
Tho lower class laps, too, find the sparrow d
so horribly practical and cold in such
matters ms John Cinnamon. The Japs. are q
people who take great delight in birds and
flowers and other bright fayors of nature.
They permit Mr.. Sparrow to build his house
and rear his family undisturbed in those quaint
try and their genius: and even tako pains to
grant him protection from the depredations of
their curious bob-tailed eats. All hail. then.
say /, to the hardy little warrior who has about
possessed the earth, be he English or n cosmop-
o onH by ny f hann enn nS ASKS tx w HG ,a eyon oc "a mh ~ D Sely,
defence. THOMAS STEVENS.